Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cut-set
English answer:
group of Base Events (component failures that can cause system failure)
Added to glossary by
airmailrpl
May 18, 2006 09:17
17 yrs ago
English term
cut-set
English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
cross-border energy exchanges
ouch! While translating a European Parliament document "Trans-European Energy Networks: Background Info" from EN to PL I've had quite a big problem with mysterious "cut-sets" in the context of Trans-European Energy Networks. The EP document is based on one http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:RIKqWK75piQJ:europa.eu.... prepared in English by Italian, Spanish and Danish experts. A few examples:
(...) Cross-border energy exchanges have been increasing in these last years, however, in some >cut-sets< they are limited due to the insufficient transmission capacity (bottlenecks).
(...) By referring to the priority axes, the most congested cut-sets (bottlenecks) are the following: EL 1: France-Belgium-Netherlands (...)
(...) - several bottlenecks still exist causing congestion on cross-border cut-sets;
One of the translators (a native speaker of EN) working in my language pair suggested that I just ignore the "cut-sets" as they seem "unnatural". I am not happy with the idea.
What English word/phrase can a "cut-set" in this context be replaced with? I will be grateful for any concept, suggestion or guideline.
tabor
(...) Cross-border energy exchanges have been increasing in these last years, however, in some >cut-sets< they are limited due to the insufficient transmission capacity (bottlenecks).
(...) By referring to the priority axes, the most congested cut-sets (bottlenecks) are the following: EL 1: France-Belgium-Netherlands (...)
(...) - several bottlenecks still exist causing congestion on cross-border cut-sets;
One of the translators (a native speaker of EN) working in my language pair suggested that I just ignore the "cut-sets" as they seem "unnatural". I am not happy with the idea.
What English word/phrase can a "cut-set" in this context be replaced with? I will be grateful for any concept, suggestion or guideline.
tabor
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group of Base Events (component failures that can cause system failure)
A Cut Set is a collection of Base Events such that, if all the Base Events in that Cut Set were to occur, the Top Event would occur
www.feedforward.com.au/FTA_sample.pdf
Additional Fault Tree Topics
Minimal Cut Sets
Traditional solution of fault trees involves the determination of the so-called minimal cut sets. Minimal cut sets are all the unique combination of component failures that can cause system failure. Specifically, a cut set is said to be a minimal cut set if, when any basic event is removed from the set, the remaining events collectively are no longer a cut set
http://www.weibull.com/SystemRelWeb/additional_fault_tree_to...
www.feedforward.com.au/FTA_sample.pdf
Additional Fault Tree Topics
Minimal Cut Sets
Traditional solution of fault trees involves the determination of the so-called minimal cut sets. Minimal cut sets are all the unique combination of component failures that can cause system failure. Specifically, a cut set is said to be a minimal cut set if, when any basic event is removed from the set, the remaining events collectively are no longer a cut set
http://www.weibull.com/SystemRelWeb/additional_fault_tree_to...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you vey much, airmailrpl"
Discussion
It is a rather specialized term.